Dental cabinet



Nov. 4, 1930. c. A. LAWSON, SR., ET AL 1,780,757

` DENTAL CABINET Filed Oct. 3l, 1929 Patented Nov. 4, 1930 UNI-TED STA TES 'ATENT* OFFICE,

CLARENCE A. LAWsoN,1sR.,fAND cainiaiwcnl n. Lawson, JR., oF nos ancianas,

CALIFORNIA DENTAL CABINET c V-Applicaton filed October 31, ,1929.` Serial No.1403,v829.l

This invention relates to improvements in containing receptacles or cabinets adapted to receive dental devices and materials, and moreparticularly suitedA for household or domestic use. e n e y Its objects are to provide a holder or container of dental brushes, tooth-cleansing substances, tooth-picks, dental floss and similar devices and materials for cleansing and preserving the teeth, Which Will beloW-costand easily available for the usualfamily; adaptl -ed to maintain Aall of the brushes and Vother contents in a protected, sanitary and convenient aggroupment; vWhichwvilhby its char'- acteristics, induce cleanly dental habits; which Wilhby the position of its brush-hold'- ing means, prevent Wear4 and cutting of the lowermost line of bristles; Which Will maintain the bristles free from external contacts;

which Will be economical of space and easily* attached toa VWall or placed on any article of furniture or packed for travel;'so orga-n-4 ized as to maintain deiiniteseparation of the individual brushes, and prevent contactbetween them and `Which will permit free ventilation of the container. Other objects Will appear as this description proceeds.

In general, the container, lor cabinet, is designed' to fulfill a definite need which' has gradually ,come with the general advance in civilizationand knowledge of hygiene., together with the better understanding of the needs of caring for the teeth; for their own preservation and for promoting and maintaining general health.

As before recited, this invention includesl the arrangement, whereby the aggroupment of all of the devices and materials in a compact, convenient and accessible package, and the consequent ease of performing not only the usual cleansing of teeth by brushing but more thorough attention by means of floss and picks7 combined With some attractiveness of the cabinet itself, will induce the use of the facilities thus furnished.

In general, this invention comprises a small cabinet, preferably of thin metal and preferably given an external ornamental finish. The container has a' door which closes the interior and the therein contained material l ornsubstances.` Inside the containeris a vertical, Ucurved Wall, or partition `Which forms a`- resting place` for a dentifrice container or a plurality thereof. The bottomI .of the compartment is inclined so that any long object, such as a cylindrical tube, similar to ordinary toothpaste containers, resting o n the said inclined bottom, will beautematically caused to tilt, sothat its upper end `vvillrest against'the said Wall, or partition,

preventing any tendency to 'fall outward. The. individual containers for the 'several' toothbrushes are so fashioned and located that each brush is definitely. separated fromall of the others gV each brush'isset in verticalwpos'ition so that it v'vill drain dry most effectively, and the, brushesfare `each supported by their downmst ends by a V- shaped trough-like support in which the lower ends ofthe brush handles rest and which constitutesthe sole yvertical support of the brushes, .the bristles being all held Well above everypart of the compartmentsurf rounding the brush,so thattthey Weight of the brush is not carricdby thel bristles,`but only bythe lower endl ofthe brushhandle. l*Pref-v erably, some individual f. identification 4is placed oneach of the brush holdersuchas a number, letter, or anyk desiredrnarking, by stamping orcoloring. Y f

With the above and other objectsiin view, thisfinvent-ion,consists in the newfand useful provision,formation, constructioill Oflnbination and inigerrelation` ofVv patta members nand features, all fas hereinafterdisclosed,n sliovvn theclaim. v e i, N l This inventionispart of Htiled-isclosure `of patent applicatiomf Seriallll i Y (5d-6,1@ lfiled in the dravvingsand finally pointed-y in` 'ron elevation of one` vof open; Y

4 Fig, 8 .is avertical section ofy sameon line As shown Vin the figures, therezis a container Vor cabinetnoff which A is. :a loiverwaprongB is door ada ted to sw'nf abolita transverse' eer,

pintle 19,;acrosstheca-binet just at the upper i edge of the apron A; Hence, the door B is. hinged to swingV downwards to open.v VA single wide knuckle, 29, is formed lby bending :the bottom end of the door into a tube which surrounds the pintle. On the inner surface Vii. againstwhich the'tubes vof dentifrice lean,

of the sheetmetal Ydoor B are formed two .conipartinents, 23 and 26, tohold a tube of dental :floss and tooth-picks, respectively, as

. shown. VThese compartmentsare formed by bending a piece of thin sheet metal H in the shape desired and. fastening it -fto the inner surfaceof the'door at points of contact, `The 'intermediate partition', or wall,

is; provided with two substantiallyvertical,`

concave depie'ssionsfor the reception of two tubes, as shown,so that the entirespace transversely acrossy the cabinet is occupied by these receptacles. 'Y Intermediate the reaimost wall G of the cabinet and the pair of' tube-holding concave compartments, is positioned the plurality of ing, V-shaped trough, formed by fastening handle-surrounding containers for the toothbrushes, made bendingv a sheet of 'thin metal J' into the "desir-'ed form and; fasten- .ing'the bent plate --t of`contact with the intermediate verticalsheet N, at contact points,

' l2, thereby forming the individual handle`l compartments as shown. 'A 'handle{support-V a narrow strip L,.diagonally onto the inner surface of; the i intermediateA plate lN, forming a bottom rest for the brushhandles which fixes theheight of the brushes;

It Iisto be observed thatvin this construction, the uppermost edgey of the compartment channels is positioned at van. ample distancey below the bristle headsof the brushes'so that the lowermost rowl ofbristl'es can never contact with the uppermostjedge of the handle surroundingfco`rn};iartme1its.

-VVhi-lev numerous variants of'this invention are p'ossible,' it'is to be observedthat any complete form Willhave-'the following characteristics:

Each tooth-brush is separatedjfrom its neighbor'oneither sideby a definite wall;

" [(2) 'Allibliushe are heldin @upright p0- (3) All brushes aresup'portedlon their bot- Y tom ends; not onthe bristles.

" (4): Toothpaste or dentifrice tubes autofinatically'lean towards the receptacle ofthe cabinet provided for them and `hafvefno -`tendl eny)to fall out of the container. w 5.

i hung, the bristles of the to'othbrushesv always means for useful, so that the cabinetis essentially compact, and'small for the volume of the devices and materials which it is arranged to contain. c

V(8) Every vformis cheaply produced as indicated in theseveral designs and Yfaccom- A panying descriptions here used to illustrate the general form of the' device.

(9) Everydesign provides for Containing vall ofthe several kinds of devices and materials needed for complete tooth cleaning suoli as is done in the household.

Having described our invention in connection with illustrative embodiments, forms, proportions and arrangement of parts, it will be' undcrstoodthat may variants thereof are possible to those skilledin the art, Vand our Y invention, in its broader aspects, is not limited to the specificv construction 'herein'described and shown, as changes in the-sizes,

proportions ,j coniigurations, arrangements, assemblage, materials, )uXtaposition vandm'ejchani-cal relations, as well asadditions, omissions, substitutions, combinations and'alterations of forms,u parts', members 'and features, may be madel vWithout departing from the broad vspirit of Vthis invention.

VHaving thus described our invention, we

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claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

`A` device ofthe 'character disclosed,includ-` i ing a casing having av plurality of brush holders formed and arranged kfor maintaining the brushes in upright position with the bristle a compartment'for Va dentifrice holder and thejlikegsaid casin l,having 'an inclined bottom portion norma ly disposing such' denti- Aheads above said holders; said casing 'having` i frice in inclinedposition inthe c`asing,-anda closure for said openingfprovided with mounting thereon otherdentalv requisites.

In testimony whereof, `we lhave signed our* names to this specification at Los Angeles: i.

Calif., this 24th day of October, 1929.V Y

CLARENCE A. LAWSON, l

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CLARENCE mLAWsoujJR. 

